Perforating-machine.



No.v 877,821. PAENTED JAN. 28, 1908. J. C. BARGLAY.

PERPORATING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED Mn 2.1906.

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.ATTORNFY No. 877,321. l PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

J. GpBARGLAY.

PERFORATING MACHINE.

IPLIOATION FILED MAY 2,1906.

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PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

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lPERORATINGr MACHINE; APPLloATIoN rILBp MAY.2,1906.

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AlNvENToR WNESSES! l ATTORNEY P ATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

J, c. BARGLAY.

PERFORMING 'MACHINEi APPLICATION ILB MAY 2.1906.

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PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

I. C. BARGLAY.

PERFORATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1908.

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INVENTOR BY Y #Qhwm ATTORNEY' PATNNTND JAN. 28, 1908.

J. c. BARGLAY. l PERFORMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1906.

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J. G. BARCLAY. PERPORATING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION E'ILED MAY 2,1906.

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' JOHN O. BARCLAY, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

XERFORATING-Il/ IACHINE Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application tiled May 21906. Serial No. 314764) To all whom 'it mayconcern:

Beit known that I, JQHN' C. BARCLAY, a citizen of the United States7residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York7have invented certain new and useful improvements in Performing-Machinos; and I do hereby declare the following' to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the saine. 4

My invention relates to improvements in perforating machines, and moreparticularly to machines of the class employed for perforating orotherwise marking' paper strips or ribbons, such for example as thoseused in the Wheatstone automatic telegraph system and various otherautomatic and printing telegraph'systems; my invention is not limitcd inits application to the perforating of telegraph stripsand l may use itfor any purpose for Whichinarking or perforating inachines or mechanismsuch as described are adapted.

The perforating machine herein illustrated and described is a keyboardmachine, having charac-ter keys and levers arranged as in typewritingmachines.

The objects of my invention are to improve and simplify marking andperforating machines, and particularly keyboard-operated perforatingmachines such as employed in telegraph systems; to make the same morerapid in action7 to improve the touch and general Working qualitiesof'such machines, so that they may be operated Without en cessive laboron the part of the operator, evenat ahigh speed; to improve and simplifythe marking or punchingmechanism, select ing mechanism7 and paper-feedmechanismand otherfsub-mechanisms of machines'of this class; and to makethe machine compact, relatively simple, relatively inexpelk sive andcomparatively noiseless in operas tion.

The machine illustrated in the accompanyingl drawings is adapted iorperforming paper strips or ribbons for use in Wheatstone and similarautomatic telegraph systems7 and may punch said strips according toanyde sired code, the selectingl mechanism being arranged to cause thestrip to be fed the proper and to cause the proper arrangement of holesto be ticular character of the code selected. The mechanism of thismachine comprises (c) punched, for each par the ke vs whereby theactual; v-.f-"lr'f of fecdinfr J e motor, preferably a continuouslyrunning'. motor.

l will new proceed to describe my invention with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which one form of periorating machine embodyingmy invention is illrisf trated7 and will then point out the novel,features in claims. y

In the said drawings: FigurV perspective elevation of the machine,-shows a top view thereof; Fig. 3 shows ai elevation of the left handsido thereof; Figs. 4 and 5 show detail views of the driving clutch,Fig. 4 being a top view of such clutch and associated parts, and an endView gear i4 and one of the clutch momW bers being broken away; Fig. 3shows a vertical section of the machine from front to rear the sectionbein@ tain near the lright side of the machine, looking to tac left sidethereof g Fig. 7 shows e rear o l tion of the machine., and inparticular snows the various selecting devices and the cam by 'which thepunches are dri n and the punch controlling rods 38 reset; Fig, is adetail view of the rebound-catch on shaft i5 g Fig. 9 shows a detailcentral vertical section of the punching mechanism; F 10 shows a detailelevation and partial section of the paper feed mechanism,illustra-ir'no1 particularly the means' by which the paper fed avafiable distance accordiim to ticular finger .key depressed; Fig.diagrammatic view .illustrating th whereby the various tnmblers or thepaper feed Wheel are set ni; shows a top view of the paper feed (D "NA f.it Le se.

and associatedv parte; Fig. 13 shows a al vertical. section ci theparte;

shows a portion oi paper.' strip which this machine operates; L, a topview of the irictional driving me ism of the paper feed mechanism, ofthe spring casing,l having been reni .ip; (d) power E the paper and ofpunching is pei ormed a Fig. 16 shows a detail elevation and partialsection of the punching mechanism, the front plate thereof having beenremoved to expose the punches to view; Fig. 17 is a detail diagrammaticview showing the finger-keycontrolled mechanism whereby the variouspunches required for each particular character are selected and set up;Figs. 18 and 19 are detail views of the key for opening the clutch ofthe paper' feed; and Fig. 20 is a.

guide rolls, 3 a spring-actuated tension roll.

and 4 a guide-chute through which the paper passes from the machine.

5 designates a paper feed wheel, shown in detail in Figs. 9, 11 and 12,and 6 designates a frame plate immediately above said wheel, said platepartially broken away in Fig. 2 to show the wheel 5 beneath.

7 (Figs. 2, 9 and 16) designates a punchframe in which are mounted aseries of punches 8; and 9 designates a front plate for this punchingframe (said front plate removed in-Fig. 16) between which front plateand the punch-frame 7 the strip of paper passes. l

10 designates a vibrating plate carrying actuating pins corresponding toand by which the punches 8 are operated; said .vi-

bratiug frame 10 being operated by the'main cam mechanism hereinafterdescribed.

11 (Figs. 2 and 3) designates the driving motor of the machine, 12, 13and 14 gears by which the power of said motor is transmitted to camshaft 15 (Figs. 3 andA 6) said shaft having on it a cam 17 (Figs.

v6 and 7 by which the actuating pins for the punches are set up to punchthe character selected, and by which the frame 1() (Fig. 2) of the punchmechanism is caused to vibrate. Motor 11 also drives, through wormgearing 18 (Figs. 6 4and 7) -a counter shaft 19' and, through gearing20, a vertical shaft 21 carrying the paper feed wheel 5 (Figs. 2, 10, 12and 13) and arranged to drive the same through a friction drivecomprising a wheel 22 and spring 23 (Figs. 6 and 13), the former forminga spring-case. A clutchf`24. prevents movement of the feed wheel in caseof accidental backward movement of shafts 15 and 21.

vPaper feed wheel"5 has on its periphery points 25 formingsprocket-teeth coacting with a central row of perforations 26of thepaper strip 1 (Fig. 14). Said wheel is also provided with a circularseries of sliding stop 'by the character punched.

pins 27, normally in the depressed positionshown in Fig. 13, butladapted to be set up, as shown in Fig. 10, to engage a stop shoulder6P)(Fig. 10) and an arm 28 (Figs. 2, 3, 10 ami l2 shoulder 6b the tationof the paper feed wheel 5 is perforce arrested, friction drive 22-23permitting this, and arm 28 (which is somewhat springy) is sprung to oneside. A plurality of arms 29, operated one or another by the fingerkeys, as hereinafter described, are provided for setting up the pins 27into the engaging position, the distance of advance of the paper feedwheel being varied by operating one or another of these arms 29. Eachpin 27 is surroundedby a spiral spring 30, which, however, serves merelyas a friction device to hold the pin in any position t'o which it hasbeen adjusted.

Arm 28 is a flexible and elastic member working between stop shoulders6, and as When one of said'pins 27 engag vshown in Fig. 12 particularly,pins 27 engage I only the extreme end of said arm. When one `ofisaidpins engages said arm it springs it over toward the further stopshoulder 6, as shown particularly in Fig. 12. Arm 28 is arranged to beraised by a magnet 31. When the circuit of said magnet is completed andthe arm 28 raised, said arm springsback over the top of the pin 27, saidpin being held nevertheless by the shoulder 6b (Fig. 10). lWhen thecircuit of magnet 31 is broken and arm 28 is drawn down by spring 28a(Fig. 10) the pin 27 beneath said arm is depressed so as to pass undershoulder 6b, the wheel 5 rotatinguntil the next pin 2-7 which has beenraised encounters arm 28 and stop 6b. The effect of this is to feedforward the paper strip each time'it'uis punched, a distancecorresponding to the space occupied 33 designates the finger keys, and'keylevers, which in general construction and manner of mounting aresimilar `to the keys and key-.levers of an ordinary typewriter. Thesekey-levers operate selecting mechanism by which a particular combinationof punches is caused to operate; said selecting mechanism comprising aseries of pivoted bails 34 (Figs. 2, 6, 7, 17, and 20). Each key-levercarries a spring-actuated arm 35, (Fig. 6) carrying a friction roller 36engagresponding bell-crank 37 will be actuated and -will in turnactuateay corresponding ing one arm of a corresponding bell-crank 37, vthe other arm of which is ,directlyl oppositev -the bails 34; theconstruction being such that when a finger-key is depressed itsoorcombination of bails 34. These bails are out 1 'turn permit theoperation of a corresponding .erase-i guided and which at theirupperends engage driving pins'39 of the punching mechanism;

said pins 39 carried by the vibratingframe 1() above mentioned.

There is av separate pin 39 for each punch 8, located opposite, but withits end normally out of line with, the corresponding punch, and held insuch position by a spring 40 (Fig. 9); so that so long as any one pin 39is in its vnormal position it does not actuate its corresponding punch 8when frame 10 moves forward but if any one of the pins 39 is down duringthe forward motion of frame 10, it will actuate its corresponding punch8, driving the same througl'i the strip of paper j (which strip passesthrough the slot between punch -frame 7. and front plate v9). Each rodBS `hasa lug 41 by means of which, when said rod 3S is forced down, itcarries with it the corresponding punch-actuating .pin 39.-

'lhe rods 38 are mounted to slide vertically, and springs 42 (Figs. 6and 17) tend to press them down; but 4normally each rod 38 is held up bya projection 43 (Figs. 17 and 20) engaging a collar 44 on the rod 38.When any one ofthe bails is moved out by a bell-crank 37, upon thedepressionof ay finger key, the

corresponding rod 3S is permitted 'to descend, carrying with it thecorresponding punch actuating pin 39, and socausing the operation of thecorresponding punchS on the next succeeding advance of the frame 10.'lhe rods 'SS which have been depressed are then' reset by the cam V17.The samecam also aciuates the punch-operating frame 10 by means of aspring-actuated lever 45 (Fig. (i) the upper end of which is adapted toengage a. depending portion of the frame 10. Said frame is returned by aspring 46.

ln Fig. 1 for the salie of clearness, l show only a few of thebell-cranls 37 and omit vthe rods 3S and associated parts. Shaft 15,upon which cam 17 is mounted, extends transversely across the machine.It is dri\` en by the motor 11 through gears 12, 13 and 14 abovementioned, and a toothed clutch 1J-w48 (Figs. 2, 4, 5 and 7) whichclutch is normally open, so that the shaft is normally stationary. Aspring 49 tends to slideclutch member 48 on shaft 15 intoengagement-with clutch n'iember 47, but normall)-` this is prevented bya detent 5() (Figs. i3, 4 and 5) engaging a projection 51 of clutchmember 45s. -lii's detent 5f) is one arm of a pivoted bell crank, theother arm 52 of which is arranged to be actuated by. a trip 53pivotallyconnectmlto a bar 54, which is auniver,-

sal bar extending transversely across the machine beneath the i-:eylevers 33 (see Fig. 6) and is mounted upon a support pivoted at 56. Aspring"`57 normally holds universal bar 54 up intoengagement with the.hey levers.

)Then one of these key levers is depressed it depi the universal bar 54and in so doing the clutch opened.

depresses the trip 53. As 'shown particularly in Fig. 5, .the rear faceofthis trip 53 is beveled; 4and against this face is the end of a setscrew 58. As the trip is carried down it will be seen that screw 58,working against the beveled faceof the trip, forces said trip outward,until finally the. end of said trip is forced off the end of arm 52 ofthe clutch detent; but before this has happened, Aarm of the clutchdetent will have cleared projection 51 of clutch member 48, permittingsaid clutch member to slide into engagement with clutch member 47, underthe. impulse of spring 49, thus closing the clutch and=causing shaft 15to revolve. As soon as trip 53 has ycleared the end of arm 52 of thebell crank, .as just. above described, the spring 59 of said bell crankreturns the latter to normal-position. Before one-'revolution of shaft15 is completed th'e projection 51 of clutch member 4S encounters :aresetting cam 6() (Figs. 2 and 4) arranged vertically, but at anobli-queangle to the axis ofthe shaft 15, whereby clutch member 48 is forcedbackward and As the projection 51 of clutch member 48 slips off from cam60 it encounters a shoulder 61 of clutch detent arm 50, thus arrestingabruptly the motion of shaft 15 and cam 16 in a normalv position. Toprevent rebound of the shaft I provide a spring catch 62 (shown in Figs.7 and 8) arranged to engage a catch-cam 63 on shaft 15 as soon as saidshaft has reached the normal position in which it is arrested by detent50.

As soon as the particular finger key which was operated is released, itrises, being forced upward by the customary spring 64 and also by thespring 57 of the universal bar 54, and at the conclusion of the upwardmotion `of ,such universal bar, the trip 53 slips over the end of thearm 52 of the bell crank, being actuated in this direction by the spring65 (Fig. 4). The purpose of this trip 53 is to prevent the shaft 15 andcam 17 being rotated more than one revolution for a depression of afinger key, in case said nnger key should be held down for a longer timethan that required for shaft 15 to make one revolution. As will be seen,by the use of the trip 53, the universal bar is thrown out of engagementwith the clutch detent as soon as said clutch is closed `and the'shaft15 begins to operate, and said clutch will inevitably be opened againupon the completion of the one revolution of the shaft 15, and saidclutch cannot be closed Aagain until the universal bar has risen to, or

substantially t0,its normal position; and f or it so to rise, thefingerkeywhich depressed it, must be released and must rise also. Itwill be seen therefore that the trip 53 and the clutch-opening cam 60form a sure preven tive of unwarranted duplication of a character.

The operation of clutch mechanism Iand punch mechanism is -as folloWs:Upon the y 4 877 sai depression of any one of the finger keys, thecorresponding bell crank 37 will be operated, in turn operating thecorresponding characteristic combination of bails 34, thus releasing therods 38 corresponding to such bails and causing said rods to draw downthe corresponding punch operating rods 39. At the same time theuniversalbar 54 is operated, causing the clutch 47-48 to be closed and the` shaft15 and cam 17 to be revolved through one revolution. ates lever 45,which lever drives forward the frame 10 carrying the rods 39, actuatingthe corresponding punches 8. As soon as the revolution of the cam 17 iscompleted, frame 10 is drawn back by its spring 46, the punches 8 whichhave been pushed forwardare retracted by a spring actuated bar 66 (Fig.2) which engages lugs 67 of all of these punches, the cam 17 alsorestores the rods 38, the

punch operatingr pins 39 controlled thereby being raised by theirsprings 4() (Fig. 9). Before the depression of any one ofthe finger keysoperated is quite complete, its roller 36 (Fig. 6) has slipped off theend. of bell crank 37, thereby permitting the return of the bails 34 theprojections 43 (Fig. 17) of these bails encountering the collars 44 ofpins 38; and when as above described, the cani 17 raises the rods 38 tonormal position, these projections 43 of the bails 34, slip under thecollars 44, thus holding up the rods38 in their normal position.

In Fig. 14 I show a paper tape perforated as it may be by my machine forthe Wheatstone and similar systems of automatic telegraphy. According tothe perforations commonly used in the VVheatstone system, twoperforations, one above the other and in line, as shown at 68 Fig. 14,represent a dot of the telegraphiddcode, and -two perforations one inadvarie of the other, as shown at 69 Fig. 14, represent a dash. Variousof these dot and dash perforations making up the characters of thetelegraphic code. Thus at 70, Fig. 14, I have illustrated one suchcharacter made up as follows:

l It will be obvious that instead .of causing the punches to perforatethe paper, l may cause them to emboss the paper. The mechanism in eithercase is substantially the same, and only the adjustment differs. If thepunches are adjusted to go completely through the paper, they perforatethey are adjusted merely to dent deeply the paper, they emboss. Evenwhen, as in some systems of automatic and printing telegraphy, all ofthe telegraphic characters have the same number of pulses, the lengthsof the various characters'will differ according as the characterconsists of merely one dot, or one dash, or of various combinations ofdots and dashes, or consists entirely of dots or entirely of dashes. .Itis necessary therefore to provide means for feeding the pivoted springactuated levers. Cam 17 then actupaper strip variable distances, and forfeeding it, each time a key is depressed, a distance appropriate to thecharacter of such key. j For this purpose 1 employ the sto pins 27 onthe feed wheel 5, and the arms adapted to set up-said stop pins; and I rnow describe how said arms 29 and pins 27 are operated by the fingerkeys.

As shown in Fig. 11, the arms 29 are A At their outer ends, they havepivoted to them depending arms 71 having springs 72 by which said armsarec normally held in engagement with a stop 73; the arms 71 haveprojections transversely across the machine over thel finger keys; andeach finger key is connected by a loop 78 to the particular tension wire77 which, when pulled, will cause the paper to b'e feda distance apropriate to the character Aof said key. (1in Fig. 1 for the sake ofclearness I show only a few of the ,loops 78). Supposing therefore, thatone of Jthe iingerkeys 33 be depressed and its corresponding tensionwire 77 pulled, the bell crank 76 of that tension wire willpull down therod 75, which in turn will move the arm 71v to the right (as viewedV inFig. 11) bringing the'turned-over lower end of such arm 71 underneath abar 79, mounted upon a piv'oted carrier 80, and connected by a link 81to a leverr 82 arranged to be actuated by a cam 83 (shown in dottedlines in Figs. 3 and 6) which cam is on the shaft 15. As soon as lshaft15 begins to revolve, following the depression of the finger key, camv83 will operate lever 82, causing bar 79 to carry down the particulararm 71 which has been moved into engagement with it and so raising thecorresponding arm 29, causing it to push up the particular stop pin 27directly above it.

/Vhen the universal bar 54 is operated as above described (as it will bewhenany one of the finger keys is depressed) it raises a contact spring84 (Fig. 6) into contact with a contact point 85, closing a circuit 86by which the magnet 31 of the restoring lever 28 of the paper feedmechanism is energized.

Previous to the energization of said magnet 31, lever 28 was engaged`and sprung over toward shoulder 6a by that stop in 27 which'is nowholding the feed whee 5 stationary. When magnet 31 is energized, as justdescribed, lever 28 rises and springs back over the top of such stop pin27, in position to depress said pin into normal p0- sition. When thengerkey just depressed is released. and rises, the circuit of magnet 31 isbroken, and lever 28, being drawn down by'its spring 28, pushes down thepin 27 which has been arresting the feed wheel 5, thus permittingthewheel 5 to be ser tions-ry) another o'l' the stop pins 27 which islocated. the proper distance from stop 6b' is raised, and. upon thereleasev of such ringer hey thelirst stop pin is depressed and wheelpermitted to rotate until said second in:

cnceun stop GL. .e punching of each character on the paper is tedforward a distance corpondin.D .o the space on said stripoccupied bysuch character.

The operation of my said perforating' Inachine is therefore as follows:The motor 11 being in operation (the other parts of the machine willthen be stationary) when oneof the finger lreys is depressed, it willactuate its corresponding bell crank 37, which bellLA crank willl inturn actuate the corresponding combination of bails 3a, and these bailswhen actuated, will release the corresponding rods 3S permitting saidrods to drop and pull down corresponding punch actuating ling At thesaine time one ofthe tension wires 77 will be milled, the correspondingspacing arm 29 will be raised and will `raise the appropriate stop pin27. At the same time universal -bar 5d will be depressed, tllercbyactuating the clutch release '50 and causing clutch el? d8 to close,where upon shaft l5 will be rotated and with it cam il?. At the sametime the circuit of magnet 3l will be closed and arm 28 raised the landcaused to spring over the top of that stop 27 which at the momentholding the i )acer leed wheel 5 stationai Cam 17 in its rotationoperates liever 45, thereby driving forward the vibrating frame l() andso causing the punch actuating lingers 39, which have been depressed, todrive the corresponding punches. 8f through the paper. These operationsvwill occur exceedingly rapidly. lt is easy to so adjust the contacts ofthe circuit of magnet 3l that said magnet camiot be denergized no matterhow early key 33 be released, until the punchesdiave operated. But whenma net 31 is denere gized, the arm 28 is puller down, depressing tonormal position that stop pin`27 which L has been holding the 1paperfeed wheel, and

permitting` saidwhee to rotate until that stop pin 27 which was raisedupon the depression of the lrey 33 just released, arrests furtherrotationof' said paper feed wheel 5.

The cam 17 in its rotation restoresv the rodsA 38 and fingers 39 whichhave been depressed and the parts are then in position for another cycleor operations.

To facilitate the threading of the paper through the machine, I providea key 87 in other words,- a' ter ,e (Fig-si l, 6, i8 and 19) by whichthe jaw clutch 2d the drive mechanism or" the paper feed wheel maybeopened. when' it opens the clutch, also presses apin 90 down in the top92 of spring case 22 (to which topf 92 the spring stop is opened. Topermitv pin 90 to; move'laterally to accommodate itself to the holes91', the opening 'in said key 87 through which pin QOpasses is largeVenough to permit lateral Amovement of said pin, a spring 93 normallyholding said pin against one side ot s'aidopening.- @Pin 90 is guided bypassing the mechanical connection to and 'operation of lstop-settingdevices by selecting mechanism operated by character members, orclutch-operating means comprising a detent and a trip therefor arrangedto disengage said detent and permit immediate return ofw the latter, asthese features are claimed in another application, Sr. No. 338,851. WhatI claim is 1. A machine of the class described, comprising inAcombination a plurality Ofcharacmovable carrier provided with stops, apower member, mechanical stopsetting means arranged to be engaged andoperated by saidv power-member, and selecting means operated by saidcharacter mcmbers. and arranged to select a particular s top-settingmeans and engage same with said power member.

2. A machine of the class described comprising in combination aplurality of character members, feed mechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with stops, a power member, mechanical stopsettingmeans, and selecting means operated by said character' members andcontrolling the operation of said stop-setting means, the latterderiving power from said power member.

3. A machine ot the class described comprising in combination aplurality of charac ter members, feed mechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with stops, select# ing means operated by saidcharacter members, a power member', and power-operated stop-settingmeans deriving power for operation from said power member butcontrolled.

mechanically in operation by said selecting means. 'i

This hey,

intol one of a series of holes 91s l do not in this 'application claimbroadly 23 is secured) thereby prevenir ing unwinding of the spring whenthe clutch ter members, feed mechanism comprising a rocating powermember, a plura ity of setting devices for said stops, provided with Imeans for engaging said reciprocating member at will, and selectingmeans operatedby said character member and controlling such engagingmeans. 6. A machine of the class described comprising in combination aplurality of character members, feedmechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with sto is, areciprocating power member, a plura ityof setting devices for said stops, provided with latches for engagingsaid powerineinber, and selecting means operated by said charactermembers and controlling such latches. 'y 7. A mar-.bine of the classdescribed coinprising in. combination a plurality-of character members,feed mechanism comprising a movable carrier provided with'stops, a powermember, a plurality of setting devices for said stops, provided withmeans for engaging said power member, and selecting means mechanically'operated by the several character members and mechanically connected tosaid engaging means and arranged when operated to bring same intoengagement with said power member.

8. A machine of the class described com'- prising in combination aplurality of character members, feed mechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with sto s, a power member, means controlled by saicharacter members for operating the same, selecting means, andstop-setting means arranged to be operated by said power member andcontrolled by such selecting means.

S)- A machine of the class described coinprising in combination aplurality of character members, feed mechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with stops, a

power member, a clutch controlled by saidA character iiieinbeis fordriving the saine, and stop-setting means arranged to be operated bysaid power member and contro led by said selecting means.

10. A machine of the class described coinprising in combination aplurality of character members. feed mechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with stops, a power member, ivotcd stop-setting arms,

atchcs carried tiereby adapted to engage said power member but normallyout of such engagement, and selecting means mechanically operated bysaid character members and in 'mechanical operative engagement with saidlatches for operating the latter.

11. A machine of the class described comprising in combination aplurality of charac? Sey l2. A machine of the class described coinyprising in combination a plurality of character members, feed mechanismcomprising a movable carrier provided with stops, a power member,stop-setting means, means for operating same arranged to be operated bysaid power member, and selecting means o eiated by said charactermembers arrange to select such operating means and engage same with saidpowerinember. f b

, 13'. A machine of the class described coniprising in combination aplurality of characf ter members, feed mechanism comprising a movablecarrier provided with stops, a power member, stop-setting means, meansfor. operating same arranged to'be operated by said power member, andselecting means comprising a plurality of tension members operativelyconnected to corresponding operating means and arranged to be operatedby corresponding character members.

14. A machine of the class described comprising in `combination aplurality of character members, punching mechanism comprising aplurality' of unehes, a vibrating carriage, means for vi rating the samecomprising a clutch controlled by said character members,punch-operating 'lingers pivotally mounted in said carriage, and meansfor moving said fingers into and out of operative position with respectto their corresponding punches, comprising selecting means operated bysaid character members.

15. The combination with a plurality of character levers, of'punchingmechanism, selecting and actuating mechanism therefor comprising canimechanism and means for driving the same controlled by said levers and'comprising automaticl disconnecting,

means, and a rebound catch arranged to engage a driven portion ofsuclcam mechanism, beyond said disconnecting means, and prevent reboundthereof after disconnection.

16. 'lhe combination with a plurality of character levers, of punchingmechanism, selecting and actuating mechanism therefor comprising arotary cam. and driving means therefor controlled by said levers and'comico anism and means o erated by each character-selecting device foroperating said selecting mechanism comprising automatic disconnectingmeans interposed `between said selecting mechanism and-character-selecting means arrangedy to disconnect samey upon operation.of the character-selecting devices to the full eitent. f

18. The combinatiofi/ with a lurality of cliaracter-selecting devices,of) punching mechanism comprising a plurality of punches,

`means for actuating the same comprising pivotedA selecting members,actuating arms.

therefor, and means for connecting each character-selecting device tothe corresponding actuating arm comprising automatic dis.-

i connecting means.

19. The combination with a plurality of character-selecting levers,l ofpunching mechanism comprising a plurality' of punches, means forcontrolling the same 'comprising pivoted slotted members, actuating armstherefor, controlled by said levers and automatic disconnecting means'interposed between said character-selecting levers and ac- 20. Thecombination with a plurality of character-selecting levers, of punchingmech-- anism comprising a plurality of punches, means for controlling-the saine including spring-actuated members, pivoted slotted membersnormally locking said spring-actuated members, and means for actuatingone or another of saidslottedmembers, actuated bysaid levers.

21. The combination with a plurality of character-selecting levers,ofpunching mechanism comprising a plurality of punches,

correspondingpunch-operatingiingers,ineans therefor comprisingspring-'actuated niembers, pivoted slotted members normally f lockingsaid spring-actuated members, and

means for actuating one'y or another of said slotted members` actuatedby said levers.

22. The combinationl with a plurality of character-selecting levers, ofpunching mechanism .comprising a plurality of punches,coirespondingpunch-operatingiingersmieans for driving the saine,selecting means therefor com risinop s ring-actuated members l) a P b 1pivoted slotted members normally locking said vspring-actuated members,means for actuating one or another of said slotted members, actuated bysaid levers, and restoring means for said spring-actuated members.

23. 'The combination with a plurality of` character-'selecting levers,of punching mechanism comprising a plurality of punches, correspondingpunch-operating iingers, means for ,driving the saine, selecting meanstherefor comprising spring-actuated members,

pivoted slotted members" normally locking said spring-actuated members,means for actuating one or another, of said slotted members, actuated bysaid levers, restoring means for said spring actuated members, andautomatic disconnecting means interposed between said,character-selecting levers and said slotted'members.

24. The combination ywith a plurality of character-selecting levers, ofpunching mechanism comprising a plurality of punches, selecting andactuating mechanism therefor comprising punch-actuating ngers, avibrating carriage therefor, selectingbails and means actuated therebyfor actuating said fingers, and means actuated by said levers foractuating said bails comprising automatic disconnecting means.

25. The combination with a plurality of character-selecting levers, ofpunching mechanism comprising a plurality of punches, selecting 'andactuatingmechanism therefor comprising punch-actuating fingers, meansfor vibrating the same, selecting bars, means actuated thereby foractuating said lingers, and actuating /members for said bars, andcatches for said actuating members operated by said character-selectinglevers and arranged to engage said actuating members to actuate sameand'then to disengage therefrom.

26. The .combination with a'plurality of character-selecting levers, ofpunching mechanism comprising a plurality ofpunclies, selecting andactuating mechanism therefor comprising punch-actuating fingers, means.for vibrating the same, selecting bars, means actuated thereby foractuating said fingers,A

and pivoted levers for actuating said bars, and catches for said pivotedlevers carried by 'and operated by said character-selecting levers andarranged to engage said pivoted levers to operate Vsame and tlien toslip ofi therefrom.

Iii testimony whereof l a'f'lii; my signature, in the presence of tw'oWitnesses.

JOHN C. BARCLAY. Witnesses I H. M. MARBLE, C. A. VAN Banni'.

